Hay-frame for wagons.



R. L. ARTHUR,

HAY FRAME FOR WAGONS. APPUCATION FILED JuLYH. I916. RENEWED FEB-18,1918.

mszmm a Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Inventor UNITED TATFE PATENT @FFKQE.

ROY L. ARTHUR, 0F LANE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAM I-IARRAH,

0F DEWIT'I COUNTY, ILLINGIS,

ONE-TWELFTH TO WILLIAM 1?. DAY, OF LANE,

ILLINOIS, ONE-TWELFTH T0 EMANUEL HENDRICKS, 0F CLINTON, ILLINOIS, AND ONE-TWELFTH TO A. E. STONE, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS.

HAY-FRAME FOR WAGONS.

Application filed July 17, 1916, Serial No. 109,653.

T 0 all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROY L. ARTHUR, a resident of Lane, county of Dewitt and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Frames for Wagons, of Which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hay racks and the principal object is the provision of a device of this character which is simple and strong in construction and efiicient in operation.

T o the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and then sought to be defined in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and which shows merely for the purpose of illustrative disclosure, a preferred embodiment of my invention, it being understood that various changes may be made in practice within the scope of the claims without digressing from my inventive idea.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a rack constructed according to my invention, the front frame work and seat indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same' showing the front frame work in vertical position in full lines and in horizontal posi tion in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a front end view thereof, showing the front frame work or seat in vertical position, and

Fig. 4 is an elevational view from the rear end, showing the frame work or seat in vertical position.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral l designates the main longitudinal sills which are adapted to rest on the usual bolsters 2, these sills converging forwardly as shown, and having mounted thereon the transverse or cross pieces 3 which are connected to the sills by means of the U-bolts 4 having washers 5 and nuts 6. The longitudinal side members 7 are mounted on the transverse or cross pieces 3. At the rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, i918.

Renewed February 18, 1918. Serial No. 217,996.

end the usual vertical supports 8 are provided. This frame work provided by the transverse or cross pieces 3 and the side members 7, may be floored if desired. To the forward portion I provide the supplemental sills 1) which are cut out to permit the turning of the wheels thereunder.

In the forward portion of the frame, I provide a plurality of vertical supports 10, the intermediate one being disposed between the converging end portions of the sills 1 and being cut out to fit therebetween. The side vertical members are cut out to receive the supplemental sills 9.

Across the outside of the upper end of these vertical members is secured the stop member 11 and pivotally connected to these vertical members 10, as at 12, is the frame work 1.3 including the longitudinal members 14 and the cross pieces or members 15. This frame has its end portion 16 extending sli htly beyond the pivotal point 12 and adapted to engage the stop member 11 when the frame work is in its lowermost or horizontal position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position it may be used as a seat having considerable resiliency, due to the relative position of the pivotal point. /Vhile in its vertical position, the frame work serves as a support for the material carried by the rack.

What I claim is 1. A hay rack, including in combination longitudinal sills, a main frame work supported thereon, a plurality of vertical supports at the forward portion of the frame having a stop member secured along the top thereof, an additional frame work pivotally connected to the upper end of said vertical supports and adapted to assume a vertical position where it rests against said stop member and to assume a horizontal position to serve as a seat, in which position the ends of the frame bear against said stop member.

2. A. hay rack, including in combination, longitudinal sills, a main frame Work supported thereby, auxiliary sills under the front portion of the frame work, vertical supports upstanding from said longitudinal sills and said auxiliary sills, a stop membei secured to the upper ends of said verbeyond the pivot, said additional frame tical supports, an additional frame Work Work being adapted to assume "a vertical comprising longitudinal members and transposition and to assume a horizontal posi- 10 verse members, said additional frame Work tion, in which latter position the extended 5 being pivoted to said vertical supports beportions of the longitudinal inen'ibers thereloW said stop member and the longitudinal of engage the underside of the stop member. members thereofextending a high distance ROY L. ARTHUR.

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